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  • Royal Traditions and the Consolidation of Power by Alexander’s Successors

    Royal Traditions and the Consolidation of Power by Alexander’s Successors by Holton, John;

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    Product details:

    • Publisher Bloomsbury Academic
    • Date of Publication 12 June 2025
    • Number of Volumes Paperback

    • ISBN 9781350399129
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages pages
    • Size 234x154x14 mm
    • Weight 340 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations 23 bw illus
    • 670

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    Long description:

    Examining the period of political consolidation after Alexander the Great's death, John Holton reconstructs how the successors used new frameworks of royal ideology to create long-term kingships. There is a particular focus on the deeper manoeuvres within the inter-generational impact raging from the influence of religion and family relations, to succession-planning and royal funerals.

    In this innovative book, Holton expertly reveals how powerful elites either succeeded or failed in creating lasting dynastic power. From the chaos of a collapsing empire to the solidification of a new model for autocratic power, the consolidation of the institution of Hellenistic kingship across the generation of Alexander's successors (323-276 BC) is comprehensively investigated. With a comparative perspective and detailed studies of diverse evidence, this is the first dedicated study of the consolidation of Hellenistic kingship and the first to put these beginnings in an international context.

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    Table of Contents:

    List of Figures
    List of Maps
    List of Tables
    Acknowledgements
    List of Abbreviations
    Chronology

    1. New Royal Traditions and the Consolidation of Power
    2. Gods and Mortals: Structures of Divine Kingship
    3. Institutional Symmetry: Joint Kingship and Indivisible basileia
    4. Royal Death and Ideological Legacy
    Conclusions

    Notes
    Bibliography
    Index

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